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noun ˈhʊkəˈhʊkər 1Rugby
The player in the middle of the front row of the scrum, who tries to hook the ball. Example sentencesExamples - And of course there was the odd little bit of wizardry with the ball that hookers are not supposed even to contemplate never mind attempt.
- Paul was impressive last week against Salford after switching from scrum half to hooker early on after Aaron Smith suffered a head injury.
- Pratt can play in a number of positions - wing, stand-off, hooker or even loose forward.
- The man who stood out in the lineouts against the Italians was new captain Bobby Skinstad, but the wet conditions will make it difficult for the hookers to get the ball in straight when throwing at the back.
- The changes included a first cap for substitute flank Tim Dullane and a complete reshuffle of the front-row to accommodate reserve hooker Hanyani Shimange.
2North American informal A prostitute. Example sentencesExamples - The bad news is that he was with a woman who looked like a hooker.
- And I'm not even going to think about the people who think that hookers are fair game.
- On the other end of the spectrum is Tim, 47, a writer, who confessed to his now-wife that he used to see street hookers regularly.
- I asked him if he had slept with this girl, a hooker on cocaine stripping for a living.
- Someone should tell this man that it might be cheaper and easier to locate a caring hooker at a brothel.
- The subject matter alone - serial killers and kinky hookers - could have sent the film spiraling into sensationalism.
- It was barely mid afternoon and the hookers on the streets were already on call, as if they needed to reach a quota before the next morning.
- According to a 1999 study on street prostitution, the city has about 500 hookers plying their trade openly.
- I left the front desk and spotted a sexy hooker hanging out on a nearby bench.
- She winced at the sight of them, holding onto his hand out of fear that they would grab her and lead her into their world of hookers and prostitutes.
- It's full of hookers and prostitutes, and you may even be lured into their traps.
- Because the work is demanding and intimate, they see themselves as closer to therapists than to hookers - and have deep, long-lasting ties to their regulars.
- Since Street Watch, which involves recording information about kerb crawlers and hookers, was launched in 2001, the number of prostitutes on Swindon streets has fallen from more than 20 to four or five.
- The Europa was a strip joint, drug den and haven for hookers, particularly under-age girls.
- Who was the dude in New York that fell in love with a hooker?
- When driving the seedier strips in Hollywood, I no longer look at the prostitutes on the street as mere hookers but as potential victims in a mechanized criminal network.
- Pimping, hookers, all sexual acts and explicit language have been censored in the Australian version.
- No, instead he walks on and starts up a conversation with a hooker on the next street corner.
- Next thing he's going to be cheating on me with hookers or lap dancers.
- Many of the 20 or so minor characters - various thugs, hookers, a pimp and a porn director - are forgettable clichés.
Rhymes booker, cooker, hookah, looker, Sukkur noun ˈhʊkəˈhʊkər 1A one-masted sailing boat of a kind used especially in Ireland for fishing. Example sentencesExamples - Galway's traditional fishing vessel known as 'the hooker', is an intricate piece of craftsmanship and the sight of her strikingly elegant sails has always been a feature of Galway Bay.
- Hookers were used throughout the West of Ireland for over a hundred years, as both fishing boats and cargo vessels.
- 1.1Nautical informal An old boat.
Example sentencesExamples - The sun burned through the haze of the spume filled sky as the gallant old hooker drove down each wave.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Dutch hoeker, from hoek 'hook' (used earlier in hoekboot, denoting a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel). noun ˈhʊkəˈhʊkər North American informal A glass or drink of undiluted brandy, whisky, or other alcoholic spirit. he took the bottle out and poured them each a stiff hooker Example sentencesExamples - After this surprising display of gratitude he took his guests into the house and treated them to a couple of stiff hookers of excellent cognac.
- When he hung up, he poured himself a stiff hooker of gin.
Origin Mid 19th century: of unknown origin. nounˈhʊkərˈho͝okər 1North American informal A prostitute. Example sentencesExamples - The Europa was a strip joint, drug den and haven for hookers, particularly under-age girls.
- Because the work is demanding and intimate, they see themselves as closer to therapists than to hookers - and have deep, long-lasting ties to their regulars.
- And I'm not even going to think about the people who think that hookers are fair game.
- I left the front desk and spotted a sexy hooker hanging out on a nearby bench.
- I asked him if he had slept with this girl, a hooker on cocaine stripping for a living.
- Next thing he's going to be cheating on me with hookers or lap dancers.
- The subject matter alone - serial killers and kinky hookers - could have sent the film spiraling into sensationalism.
- Many of the 20 or so minor characters - various thugs, hookers, a pimp and a porn director - are forgettable clichés.
- Who was the dude in New York that fell in love with a hooker?
- It's full of hookers and prostitutes, and you may even be lured into their traps.
- Pimping, hookers, all sexual acts and explicit language have been censored in the Australian version.
- Since Street Watch, which involves recording information about kerb crawlers and hookers, was launched in 2001, the number of prostitutes on Swindon streets has fallen from more than 20 to four or five.
- Someone should tell this man that it might be cheaper and easier to locate a caring hooker at a brothel.
- According to a 1999 study on street prostitution, the city has about 500 hookers plying their trade openly.
- The bad news is that he was with a woman who looked like a hooker.
- She winced at the sight of them, holding onto his hand out of fear that they would grab her and lead her into their world of hookers and prostitutes.
- It was barely mid afternoon and the hookers on the streets were already on call, as if they needed to reach a quota before the next morning.
- No, instead he walks on and starts up a conversation with a hooker on the next street corner.
- On the other end of the spectrum is Tim, 47, a writer, who confessed to his now-wife that he used to see street hookers regularly.
- When driving the seedier strips in Hollywood, I no longer look at the prostitutes on the street as mere hookers but as potential victims in a mechanized criminal network.
2Rugby
The player in the middle of the front row of the scrum, who tries to hook the ball. Example sentencesExamples - And of course there was the odd little bit of wizardry with the ball that hookers are not supposed even to contemplate never mind attempt.
- Paul was impressive last week against Salford after switching from scrum half to hooker early on after Aaron Smith suffered a head injury.
- The man who stood out in the lineouts against the Italians was new captain Bobby Skinstad, but the wet conditions will make it difficult for the hookers to get the ball in straight when throwing at the back.
- Pratt can play in a number of positions - wing, stand-off, hooker or even loose forward.
- The changes included a first cap for substitute flank Tim Dullane and a complete reshuffle of the front-row to accommodate reserve hooker Hanyani Shimange.
nounˈhʊkərˈho͝okər 1A one-masted sailboat of a kind used especially in Ireland for fishing. Example sentencesExamples - Galway's traditional fishing vessel known as 'the hooker', is an intricate piece of craftsmanship and the sight of her strikingly elegant sails has always been a feature of Galway Bay.
- Hookers were used throughout the West of Ireland for over a hundred years, as both fishing boats and cargo vessels.
- 1.1Nautical informal An old boat.
Example sentencesExamples - The sun burned through the haze of the spume filled sky as the gallant old hooker drove down each wave.
Origin Mid 17th century: from Dutch hoeker, from hoek ‘hook’ (used earlier in hoekboot, denoting a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel). nounˈhʊkərˈho͝okər North American informal A glass or drink of undiluted brandy, whiskey, or other liquor. he took the bottle out and poured them each a stiff hooker Example sentencesExamples - When he hung up, he poured himself a stiff hooker of gin.
- After this surprising display of gratitude he took his guests into the house and treated them to a couple of stiff hookers of excellent cognac.
Origin Mid 19th century: of unknown origin. |